Boomtown 2019 was another whirlwind of music, colour, laughter and good family times. I don’t usually want to hype a festival up too much in case people are disappointed. With Boomtown there are no such worries. Despite being up against some of the worst weather I’ve seen at a festival. Boomtown was an exceptional weekend […]
If you’re going to Boomtown for the first time this year, you might have heard about the Boomtown Maze. But do you know what it is or how to get round it? If this is something you have been wondering, or if you want some inside information on The Maze this year, I have written […]
For all those going to Boomtown this year… We are introducing the first Boomtown Festival Kidz Parents Meetup! If like us, you don’t have any friends who would even attempt Boomtown, why not meet up with me and a few other parents for a night out?
The Greatest Show My first Boomtown was like a child’s first visit to the circus. Bright lights, sound, whirling colour, and with that sense of genuine excitement and adventure you feel when you have no idea what’s going to happen next. From the moment we walked out over the wonderfully relaxed Whistlers Green to look […]
Gorillaz, craziness and more at 2018’s Boomtown Fair I have been wanting to go to Boomtown for so long and we are finally going for the first time this year. I admit I have what could amount to an obsession with interactive and immersive theatre. It was a love I discovered at Glastonbury Festival more […]
Boomtown is a 60,000 person capacity music festival held on the Matterley Estate, Winchester in August and has been running since 2009. It is described by the organisers as a pop up city of wonderment, theatre, escapism and community with eleven districts filled with a fully immersive and theatrically led experience, with hundreds of actors […]
Nothing is as it seems! Boomtown will blow your mind. Discover this crazy pop up city of wonderment, theatre, escapism, community and love. Your family could be adventuring in to the next chapter of this wild and wonderful story. Enter below for a chance to WIN BOOMTOWN 2017 festival tickets.
A festival of EPIC proportions! BoomTown will blow your mind and transport you back to the magical make-believe world of childhood.
Parent Reviews: 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2014 Please note: In 2024 Boomtown moves to 18+ so no longer allow kids. In 2022 Boomtown removed their children’s field and dedicated family facilities. The following was written when Boomtown still welcomes families. We hope one day this magic will return! A pop-up city where the impossible is […]
7-11th August 2014 One CRAZY pop-up city! Review by Sarah, Jeff, Ash (aged 15) and Poppy (aged 8) We drove from Brighton on Thursday the 7th excited and looking forward to our very first Boomtown Fair experience with our two children Ash (15) and Poppy (8). The sun shone, radio played and we set off. […]